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Blade guard dust collection??

01-03-2006, 03:46 PM

Has anyone modified or made a new blade guard to accept a dust collection port for the TS3612? I have mine attached to the bottom of my saw now and it does a pretty good job but thought maybe I'd to some experimenting.

I had in the past conversed with Lee about a version for the TS-3650. There are a number of hurdles to overcome to make the Shark Guard (or any blade guard dust collector) work on the 3650 it seems.

Anyway, you didn't mention what make/model saw you have (assuming you have the TS-3650). If you have something other than the Ridgid saw you may have some choices available.

I have thought of trying to adapt a 1-1/2" hose to the guard, but first I would want to get at least one spare before I took mine to the point of no return and/or destroyed it. There was a seller on eBay who occasionally had Ridgid parts (switches, rails, etc.) but never any blade guard parts. I was going to write him but I see that he is in the Reserves and has been activated so has shut down his eBay store for the time being.

"When we build let us think we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work that our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone upon stone, that a time is to come when these stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, "See! This our fathers did for us."
John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)